Tag: textiles

Festival of Quilts

Well, it’s ‘that’ time of year again, and no doubt many of you are preparing to travel to Birmingham over the next few days.  This is the 10th Festival of Quilts, and will be wonderful, I’m sure.  How many of you came to our stand five years ago?  If you did, you might like to catch up here….

However, we won’t be there this year.  Last year we had advance warning of a family wedding, so that’s where we will be later this week.  We’ll be meeting up with family that we haven’t seen for some time, so I’m really looking forward to it.  I might make a very quick trip to the Festival on Thursday or Friday, but that isn’t finalised yet.  Mail order will continue to operate as normal as we don’t need to stay away for long.

Enjoy the Festival, and I’m sure that business will return to normal next year……..

 

Preparation, preparation, preparation!

If you follow my other blog you will have read that I didn’t get much sleep last night.  I’ve had a busy day today, carrying on with my night time activities!  It’s all in preparation for the course I’ll be teaching at Urchfont Manor.  The requirements list has gone out, and I’m pretty certain they are all wondering what on earth they have let themselves in for!  Well it will be fun, and one of the things I will be emphasising is how much better dyed fabrics are if colour is applied in layers.  Here’s one I prepared earlier

A few more layers will be added over the next while and the surface will become more and more complicated.

The course, which is full by the way, is set to run over a few days, but parts can be completed in a single day, so I will also be offering it to Guilds and Groups if anyone is interested.  The demise of Urchfont is very sad.  We still live in hope, however, in spite of many rumours.  The Graduation of the final students was celebrated last weekend, it was a lovely, but sad occasion.  There are many photographs, and those, and others, will eventually be added to a tribute site.  If you have any memories or pictures that you would like to add please see the details here.

Stitched Textiles Exhibition

I’m looking forward to next week.  On Thursday and Friday we will be at the Stitched Textiles Exhibition at Eastleigh.  It was good last year, but I gather that it is going to be bigger this year.  If you are in the area do take a look.

Eastleigh College,   Desborough Campus,   Desborough Road,   Eastleigh,   Hampshire,  SO50 5NH

Thursday 6pm – 8.30pm

Friday 10am – 3pm

Parking isn’t the easiest, although free.  We’ve had dents in the car, so be warned….  However, the standard is good and I think you’ll enjoy it.  If I have permission I’ll post some pictures for those of you that can’t get there.